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Measure the speed of light… with your microwave Featuring: video, The Open University

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

10 December 2008

This video discovers an unconventional way to measure the speed of light using the microwave in your kitchen  Read more : Measure the speed of light… with your microwave

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Musical instruments as science: A glossaryJupiter Images

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

28 January 2008

Making equipment which makes music is as much down to science as art - here's some of the words you'll need to know...  Read more : Musical instruments as science: A glossary

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The science of making musical instrumentsProduction team publicity shot

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

28 January 2008

How can you take string or a tube and create a device to make music? Here's the science behind the tools of art.  Read more : The science of making musical instruments

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Millennium Bridge scienceProduction team

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

02 June 2006

The Millennium Bridge is the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world. What made it wobble on its first day?  Read more : Millennium Bridge science

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What Makes A Sound Musical?BBC

By Dr David Sharp (The Open University)

16 July 2004

We look at the defining characteristics that make a sound musical  Read more : What Makes A Sound Musical?

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How Do We Listen In?Used with permission

By John Wilkinson (The Open University)

16 July 2004

How do we monitor the communication we cannot hear? Learn more about infrasound monitoring  Read more : How Do We Listen In?

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The truth behind the torch Copyrighted Image London 2012

As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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